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Show ZION POLICE I'M THIEF REOHAHDED SALT LAKE, July 7. Found lying on a bed and feigning Bloep, with several articles of silverware besldo him, another pile of silverware packed In another room roady to be taken away, and several rug3 of considerable con-siderable value rolled up on tho floor, William McKoan, a laboror residing re-siding at 617 Eleventh East sticot, was arrested at .V45 o'clock this morning In the home of William P. Tobln. GOT Elovcnth East street, bv Patrolmen Curron, Bush, Sullivan and Riley. Immediately after his arrest, the police boilcve in the arrest of Me-Carwlth, Me-Carwlth, living nt 116G East Sixth South, as an accomplice of McKean's. Both raon are married nnd claim to bo laborers. Thoy aro held at the city jail pending further investigation, but tho ollce believo In the arrest of Mr-Kean Mr-Kean they havo behind the bars a man who has committed several robberies. rob-beries. A few minutes before tho arrest, a telephono message was redeived at police headquarters that the home of Tobln was bolng robbed. Mr. Tobln and family are out of tho city. The pntrolmpn jumped into the eroyhoimd . j .1 ' H'l "WPUWKJL and were soon at the Tobln residence. resi-dence. They saw lights go on and oft and quickly surrounded the house. Patrolman Harry Curran found a screen at the rear of the house torn from tho window and the window open. He crawled through the win-low win-low and made his way upstairs, where he found McKean feigning sleep on a bed. Tho man was aroused and made tho explanation that he had got Into tho house by mistake, thinking It wns his own home He said he could not explain why the 6llverwaro and other articles were plied around him, and neither could he explain why his coat and shoes were concealed in the back yard. After making further investigation the police learned that McKean and another man wore seen prowling about the plnco shortly before the alarm was given, and tho other man was seen to leave. Securing a description de-scription of the second man, the patrolmen pa-trolmen wont to the home of Carwith and placed him under nrrest. Ho declared de-clared that he liad boon with McKean Mc-Kean and both had been drinking. He said McKean had taken him homo, but .McKean said he had not been with Carwith at all. Both wero locked up and may be charged with burglary. The police claim they have reason to believo that McKean was impli-cated impli-cated In a big safo robbery in Kansas Kan-sas three years ago, and thev are trying try-ing to find his record. |
